Past research shows the imperative nature of students having a high knowledge of vocabulary, particularly as it relates to their level of reading comprehension. This is especially true in the areas of science and social studies because of the nature of the subjects and their corresponding texts. Students' ability to retain and recall vocabulary…

This study investigated whether participation in a computer lab would improve high school students' performance on Spanish vocabulary, grammar, and listening comprehension. Students participated in classroom and computer lab activities. Analysis of student data (including student surveys) throughout five units indicated that the computer lab was a…

This report describes a program for advancing language development across the curriculum through the use of multiple intelligences. The students of the targeted early childhood and kindergarten classes exhibited a lack of conversational skills, a lack of language concepts preparing them for reading, and immature language patterns making it…

This report describes how augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) automated language activity monitoring can provide clinicians with the tools they need to collect and analyze language samples from the natural environment of children with disabilities for clinical intervention and outcomes measurements. The Language Activity Monitor (LAM)…

Twenty-seven third-grade children in a northern Louisiana public school participated in a study which examined whether a minimum amount of direct instruction in sight word recognition, combined with drill of sight words, could result in significantly better performance for the targeted at-risk children on the story and unit reading tests. The…

The author describes her findings in teaching Health Education to remedial students at Queensborough Community College. She found that remedial students should receive assignments at the first class meeting and that they should use one textbook (which contains a summary and questions at the end of each chapter) rather than several. Frequent tests…

Provides a basis for understanding the role of terminology in education, and suggests some ways in which terms may be employed to best advantage. The emphasis is on scientific terminology at the secondary level. (JR)

Suggests that with the aid of television children can learn to read at home just as they learn to talk. (RB)

Revised version of a paper entitled Word Families in Chinese: A Reconsideration'' presented at the 28th International Congress of Orientalists, Canberra, Australia, January 1971, and published in preprint form in Unicorn'' n9 p1-19 Jan 1972. (VM)